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Seven years ago this month, more than 1,100 garment workers in Bangladesh were killed when the Rana Plaza complex collapsed on top of them. Today, the Bangladesh apparel industry and its 4+ million workers face a new crisis: coronavirus.

Published first by the School of Global Health, University of Copenhagen HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS IN GHANA Gifty Sunkwa-Mills is a public health researcher from Ghana especially passionate about one thing: making sure that patients do not leave the hospital with more infection

Many of the health experts we listen to during the Corona /COVID-19 pandemic have a background as Danida fellows. This is particularly true of WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. By Vibeke Quaade Unless we are scientists by profession or working in health, most of us w

First published on The Conversation, 30/3 – 2020 By Hanne Kirstine Adriansen, Associate Professor, School of Education, Aarhus University & Lene Møller Madsen, Associate professor in Science Education, University of Copenhagen During the 1990s, the World Bank and other majo

As part of Buenos Aires City and Copenhagen’s strategic sector cooperation on urban planning and climate change adaptation, two key employees from the Buenos Aires city authorities were selected in 2019 to participate in Danida Fellowship Centre’s course “Increased Performance through

“The University of Southern Denmark is deeply engaged in working with the global Sustainable Development Goals,” said Dean Henrik Bindslev at the launch of the new Global Sustainable Production Section. Other Danish universities and higher education institutions are doing the same. By

When the rapid global spread of CORONA / Covid-19 prompted the Danish government to close the universities and schools, and discourage non-essential public and private activities, Danida Fellowship Centre followed suit. On 12 March, to help prevent and slow the spread of CORONA / Covi

Read the story Meet Lake Victoria’s tiniest fish 2 May 2020 in The East African The Danida supported research project “Innovations and Markets for Lake Victoria Fisheries” is winding up with two completed master’s, five completed PhDs, two postdocs, new dissemination

Danida Fellowship Centre is following the recommendations from the Danish Health Authority about CORONA/COVID-19. Find the Danish Authorities’ information and guidelines about CORONA/COVID-19 Information from the Danish authorities about corona virus/covid-19 in Denmark. The COR

Welcome to Mr Kristian Ibsen, our new Head of Finance and Administration, and Ms Gry Bærenholdt Klein who is now employed on a permanent basis as Capacity Development Advisor. Kristian Ibsen has a long career in finance and administration. He has worked in various Danish NGOs and gove